Bosch - 131 years of success

From a small workshop to an international company

• Bosch was founded on November 15, 1886.
• The invention of Robert Bosch - ignition from magneto - won recognition and success throughout the world.
• Readiness for change is the basis for successful development of the company.

Stuttgart, Germany. In the history of the success of Bosch, there were different periods.

The company was founded in November 1886. By 1891, the number of employees increased from 2 to only 15 people. In the same year, the initial capital was almost spent, and Robert Bosch had to ask his mother to become a surety to take a loan from the bank. Despite this, in 1892 the company continued to balance on the brink of bankruptcy. Since then, much has changed.

Today, Bosch employs about 375,000 people. The annual sales volume is 70.6 billion euros.

"Workshop of Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering" has become one of the ten largest enterprises in Germany.

The company operates in the markets of more than 150 countries.
This certainly sounds like a success story.